Golden Afternoon offers IV ketamine therapy for PTSD right here in Santa Monica — a safe, compassionate, physician-designed experience at 1450 10th Street. Breakthrough relief for post-traumatic stress disorder where conventional treatments haven’t been enough.
Book a Free Phone ScreeningPTSD rewires the brain — keeping trauma responses locked in an endless loop long after the original event has passed. IV ketamine works differently from conventional PTSD treatments by targeting the glutamate system and promoting rapid neuroplasticity, interrupting the trauma circuits embedded in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex.
This creates a window of neural flexibility that patients can use — especially with integration therapy support — to begin processing and healing. Clinical studies show significant reductions in PTSD symptom severity, often within hours of the first infusion. Golden Afternoon’s Santa Monica clinic offers this treatment in a private, trauma-informed environment designed with safety in mind.
Ketamine rapidly quiets the hyperactive fear circuitry driving flashbacks, hypervigilance, and nightmares — giving the brain a chance to reset.
IV ketamine triggers new synaptic connections, restoring flexibility to brain circuits that trauma has made rigid. This is the biological foundation of recovery.
The neuroplastic state ketamine induces creates an opportunity for deeper integration work — making ketamine and therapy especially powerful together for PTSD.
We understand that for people with PTSD, safety and trust are everything. Golden Afternoon was built to be the most supportive, private, and carefully overseen ketamine experience on the Westside.
Dr. Jenn designs every PTSD protocol. Our experienced care team delivers each session with the same standards she sets — with careful monitoring throughout.
Fully private rooms, zero-gravity chairs, curated lighting and music. For PTSD patients, a trauma-informed environment is essential — and we obsess over every detail.
We’re at 1450 10th Street — no need to navigate across LA for your appointments. Easy parking, easy access from the Westside and beach cities.
We partner with KAP-trained therapists who specialize in trauma integration. Ketamine opens the door — therapy helps you walk through it and sustain what you gain.
We move at your pace, with our care team alongside you every step of the way.
A no-cost, no-pressure call with our care team. We’ll discuss your PTSD history, prior treatments, and goals to assess whether IV ketamine is the right next step for you.
Our care team works with you before and after your first infusion — setting your intention, ensuring you feel safe and supported, and helping you process your experience. The environment is entirely private.
Most PTSD patients complete 6 IV infusions over 2–3 weeks. Dr. Jenn then builds a personalized maintenance plan, and we can connect you with an integration therapist to deepen and sustain your healing.
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“This was a life-altering experience. Dr. Jenn and her staff are top-notch. I can’t say enough or fully articulate what a truly safe, healing experience this was.”
“The results of her care have reshaped my view on family, work and play where all other courses of treatment haven’t made a dent. Go here.”
“She actually sits with you before and after your sessions to talk things out. Fully private rooms, never busy. I’ve been to three places and Golden Afternoon is the absolute best.”
“The most amazing team of people. My life has changed for the better. I would highly encourage anyone looking for ketamine treatments to choose Golden Afternoon.”
A free 15-minute phone screening is the first step. Talk with our care team and find out whether IV ketamine therapy can help you heal from PTSD — no pressure, no commitment.
Book Your Free Phone ScreeningCall 310-310-8031 · 1450 10th St, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA
Our safe and integrative IV and intranasal Ketamine sessions can help re-wire your neurons and are a proven treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, mood disorders and chronic pain.
Golden Afternoon is a dba of Jennifer A Ellice MD PC
